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05-09-2011 , 01:53 PM

#151

Mister E.

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Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 219

Does anyone in the poker room ever actually answer the phone?

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05-09-2011 , 02:38 PM

#152

Jack Bando

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They did the one time I called (10am someday last week) pretty quick

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05-09-2011 , 03:07 PM

#153

trantortroll

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Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 196

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Originally Posted by 0073735963

I played there again last night and wow...had one interesting player for sure! Only 3 tables of 1-3 but they opened a 3-5. My table broke about 2 hours later. First though, completing the list of Bad Beat/High hand that was posted before:

Mega bad beat: Minimum Quad 8s (was around 12k)
Mini bad beat: Minimum AAAKK (was around $1,400)
High Hands: Royal - $150, SF - $100, 4oak - $50
Aces Cracked - $50
Then that matched hand thing

So about my experience yesterday..was playing 1-3 from 7:15-9:15pm or so. Had someone sit down at the table that new about 20 words of english and new even less about poker. He bought in for 2 or 3 hundred and donked it off in a few hands...then reloaded for another 300 and donked that off a few hands later. One orbit of the table took 10x the amount of time than usual because he didn't understand anything. A guy sitting next to him knew Spanish and was letting him know the bets in Spanish and while we complained a little since it should be English only, the guy was adamant about playing (and spilling his beer on the new felt) and the helper guy was only saying the bet amounts etc. We also didn't really complain since he was donking all his money off. He'd bet $50 preflop, then $5 on the flop, then go all in but he'd muck his cards (after taking 2 minutes to figure out that he had to show or muck). It was a weird experience, not helped by another player calling those two people names every 5 seconds but at least it was a gold mine. Just wish I had a hand for the few hands that the guy was in.

I would not have said a word about the Spanish. You want to make a player like that feel welcome. I see they lowered the payout for getting quads huh? I got quad 8s on Friday night and received $75 bonus for it.

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05-09-2011 , 03:51 PM

#154

0073735963

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Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 8

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Originally Posted by trantortroll

As Jack Bando alluded to, it was somewhat tense at the table with the player in seat 9 constantly rudely calling the Spanish player and the guy who helped him names. It almost seemed like Seat 9 wanted to fight the Spanish speaker at one point. Everyone else knew a gold mine had sat down and I was just hoping for even a mediocre hand to shove but someone else beat us to it.

I could be mistaken but I do think 4oak's are $50.

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05-09-2011 , 04:11 PM

#155

4GET2PWNED0

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Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 664

no poker players in this room, just sad/unintelligent degens who will allow to be bent over by the casino repeatedly..........continue to take it raw and enjoy it

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05-10-2011 , 02:32 AM

#156

UNKNOWNPRO2

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Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 6

It is 75 for quads..... and even though there are some strong players there are enough donkies to feed every one..... yes the rake is on the high side but you get what you pay for... and I have yet to have a losing session there.

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05-10-2011 , 05:36 PM

#157

UNKNOWNPRO2

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the name calling should not have been tolerated by the house....... the player calling them obviously didnt see who the fish was..so,e one should have stopped him from perhaps scaring away the atm... english only is important however if all he was boing told was the amount og the bet and was that big of a fish i would have ignored it.....

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05-10-2011 , 05:53 PM

#158

trantortroll

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If you are reading this harrahs, please lower the rake. Your room will be full if you just drop it a dollar.

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05-11-2011 , 04:59 PM

#159

0073735963

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Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 8

Just announced via their Facebook page...starting tomorrow at 9am, the rake will be $6+1 and 3-5NL will be time raked $7 per half hour. They've listened....or are worried about their empty tables :-P

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05-11-2011 , 05:03 PM

#160

Jack Bando

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Oh yeah

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05-11-2011 , 05:10 PM

#161

downtown

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Lower rake is good. I played for a few hours on Saturday night just to check out the room and I was surprised to see open tables. I wasn't going to go back, but now I probably will.

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05-11-2011 , 06:13 PM

#162

trantortroll

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Originally Posted by 0073735963

Just announced via their Facebook page...starting tomorrow at 9am, the rake will be $6+1 and 3-5NL will be time raked $7 per half hour. They've listened....or are worried about their empty tables :-P

Fricken sweet, I spoke with the manager about the high rake last weekend. I will have to thank him for this

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05-11-2011 , 08:49 PM

#163

sugarshane1037

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Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 42

thanks Derrick , for illinois its pretty solid. should put the other place on notice. the players asked for something , the management responded promptly. cant ask for much more. No way in the world Hollywood would have responded like this.

your dealers are personable , and honestly getting better at a rapid pace

its nice having a couple of supervisors in the room at all times also , not treating the poker room like a baby sitting class room.

Rick is great during the day.

Thanks again

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05-12-2011 , 04:43 AM

#164

UNKNOWNPRO2

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Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 6

Thanks Doug for lowering the rake! I am sure now the room will take off.

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05-12-2011 , 02:18 PM

#165

mce86

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Originally Posted by 0073735963

Just announced via their Facebook page...starting tomorrow at 9am, the rake will be $6+1 and 3-5NL will be time raked $7 per half hour. They've listened....or are worried about their empty tables :-P

Will have to make a journey here now in support of the lowered rake!!

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05-12-2011 , 04:03 PM

#166

Mister E.

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People celebrating a 6+1 rake in an endless sea of 1-2 and 2-5 NL games. Such is the sad state of Chicago area poker.

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05-12-2011 , 04:18 PM

#167

trantortroll

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Originally Posted by Mister E.

People celebrating a 6+1 rake in an endless sea of 1-2 and 2-5 NL games. Such is the sad state of Chicago area poker.

LOL, I know it really is sad. But it still beats 7+1

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05-13-2011 , 03:22 PM

#168

UNKNOWNPRO2

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Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 6

Id rather pay time collection. then its only 14$ or so oop for me for the hour. Of course this way favors the better players but would speed up the game and less would be taken off the table.

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05-13-2011 , 03:47 PM

#169

steve0

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Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 324

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Originally Posted by Mister E.

People celebrating a 6+1 rake in an endless sea of 1-2 and 2-5 NL games. Such is the sad state of Chicago area poker.

very sad. take away the damn BBJ and make the tables nine handed and maybe the room will fill up.

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05-14-2011 , 12:58 AM

#170

NDfan

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Originally Posted by steve0

very sad. take away the damn BBJ and make the tables nine handed and maybe the room will fill up.

I agree^

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05-14-2011 , 09:28 AM

#171

Mister E.

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Making the tables eleven handed would be better TBH.

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05-14-2011 , 10:42 AM

#172

bigbigblind

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Originally Posted by steve0

very sad. take away the damn BBJ and make the tables nine handed and maybe the room will fill up.

I'll tell you what's sad...all the complaining!!! If you don't like full tables and bbj's then just give up and play in your basement with your buddies! And, btw: the room was full last night

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05-14-2011 , 10:46 AM

#173

NDfan

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Originally Posted by bigbigblind

I'll tell you what's sad...all the complaining!!! If you don't like full tables and bbj's then just give up and play in your basement with your buddies! And, btw: the room was full last night

So was the shoe

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05-14-2011 , 11:38 AM

#174

DylanDog04

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Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 39

I have not read that much on here that would convince me to play here vs Hollywood-Joliet yet? Rake the same (now). Dealers not that good (yet). Am I wrong? How much better are the comps?

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05-14-2011 , 01:34 PM

#175

UNKNOWNPRO2

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Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 6

[QUOTE=DylanDog04;26586418]I have not read that much on here that would convince me to play here vs Hollywood-Joliet yet? Rake the same (now). Dealers not that good (yet). Am I wrong? How much better are the comps?[/QUOTE

The dealers are better than the Empress dealers,(for the most part) the room much nicer as well as the clientel. That being said if you like empress stay there. I dont like playing in a romm that looks like an after thought stuck in a corner! But thats just me.

as for the shoe, yea its goos as well but at 5 $ a gallon and tolls/time if i got more than 15 mpg the drive may be worth it . but id rather spend that time playing.

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